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In 3ème, out of 30 pupils...

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...23 have already been to London

8 have already been to New York

16 have seen a crocodile

14 have driven a scooter

16 have already lied to their parents

22 have had bad marks in English

20 have watched horror movies

17 have already eaten snails

4 have read a Stephen King novel

18 have met a star

17 have swum in the ocean

21 have already watched a black & white movie

21 have already danced

23 have been to a wedding

22 have already slept under a tent

21 have already cooked

18 have helped somebody with his/her homework

21 have already drunk tea

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1)Traduisez ces phrases Utilisez l'expression WANT.... TO 4 pts

a)Je veux qu'il vienne

b) Elle veut qu'ils viennent

c) Le directeur veut qu'elle nettoie la cour

d) James veut que Sarah l'appelle

2)Traduisez ces phrases en anglais 3 pts

a) Londres est la plus belle (beautiful) ville que j'aie jamais visité

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b) C'est le meilleur (good) film que j'aie jamais vu

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c) C'est l' article le moins intéressant (interesting) que j'aie jamais lu

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d)C'est le pire film que j'aie jamais regardé

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5) Rédigez une interview: vous êtes journaliste et vous interviewez quelqu'un sur son expérience. Rédigez les questions et les réponses en vous servant du tableau qui récapitule les notes que vous avez prises. Vous devrez utiliser le present perfect et des adverbes de fréquence. Rédigez des phrases complètes pour les questions et pour les réponses. 3 pts

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Watch the video and make a small presentation (When, where, who, what ?)

Watch the videoclip, listen to the song and read the lyrics. Then, answer the questions.

Bryan Adams, Summer of '69

(paroles simplifiées)

I got my first real six-string
I bought it at the five-and-dime
I played it till my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
We had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married

[...]

Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
[...]
Those were the best days of my life

[...]
I spent my evenings at the drive-in
And that's when I met you

Standing on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Ohhh

[...]
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
[...]

It was the summer, the summer, summer of '69

 QUESTIONS 

1) Dans le texte de la chanson, relève tous les verbes au prétérit simple, puis retrouve leur infinitif et leur traduction, et classe-les dans ce tableau

2) Write a short description of the song and of the videoclip: what is it about?

What can you see? Where does it take place... do you like the song? Does it remember you of something ... ?

Exercice PRACTICE + 3eme

Read the document and answer the questions

1)Expliquez l'utilisation du present perfect BE + ING dans "have been sending" (l 1)

2) Relevez les verbes à la voix passive

3)Relevez les superlatifs

4) Formulez les questions qui ont amené ces réponses (posez les questions sur les termes soulignés) :

a) "People have been putting stamps on letters since 1840"

b) "Rowland Hill invented the stamp in 1840"

c) "Rowland Hill invented the stamp in 1840"

d) "Rowland Hill invented the stamp in 1840"

e) "Rowland Hill invented the stamp in 1840"

f) "The first stamps cost one penny "

5) Transposez ces phrases à la voix active

a) The first stamps were made by Edwin Hill

b) The stamp was invented by Rowland Hill

c) In 1836, 76 million letters were posted by the British

d) Rowland Hill's idea was adopted by  other countries

When were they killed? (prétérit simple, voix passive)

Ces gens célèbres ont tous été assassinés. Reliez chaque personnage à la date et au lieu de sa mort, puis rédigez une phrase pour dire quand il a été assassiné. Précisez également par qui lorsque cela est demandé ("by")

Abraham Lincoln                           November 22^nd, 1963 / Dallas

Bob Kennedy                                April 4^th, 1968 / Memphis

John F. Kennedy                           September 6^th, 1901 / Buffalo

Martin Luther King                           July 31^st, 1914/ Paris / by

Che Guevara                                    June 6^th, 1968 / Los Angeles

Jean Jaurès                                    February 2^nd, 1965 / New York

William McKinley                           May 7^th, 1932 / Paris / by

Paul Doumer                               April 15^th, 1865 / Washington / by

Malcolm X                                 November 27^th, 1978 / San Francisco

Harvey Milk                           October 9^th, 1967 / La Higuera, Bolivia

What happened on this day? Important dates in the History of the USA

Consigne: cherchez ces dates dans un dictionnaire, et pour chaque date rédigez une phrase pour expliquer ce qui s'est passé ce jour-là. Utilisez la voix passive lorsque cela est nécessaire.

October 12^th, 1492 / November 26^th, 1620 / April 9^th, 1682 / June 15^th, 1752 

September 9^th, 1850 /

June 17^th, 1885 / December 15^th, 1890 / December 7^th, 1941 / November 22^nd, 1963 /

September 11^th, 2001

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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin a.k.a Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was born in Paris in 1622. His nickname was Molière. He became one of King Louis XIV's favourite playwrights. He wrote lots of plays, for example The doctor in spite of himself, The Imaginary Invalid. He died on stage on February 17th, 1673 during a representation of The Imaginary Invalid.

Alexandre

Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5th, 1901 in Chicago. He was American. He was a famous producer, director, script writer and actor.  He was also a cartoonist. He created Mickey Mouse in 1928. He had two children. He died on December 15th, 1966 in Burbank.

Renko

Louis de Funès

He was a famous French comic actor. He was born in Courbevoie, France, on July 31st, 1914. He played in 140 films. He died on January 27th, 1983 in Nantes, France, at the age of 69.

Baptiste

Lady Di

Princess Diana was born on July 1st, 1961 in Sandringham, England. She married Charles, prince of Wales on July 29th,  1981. They had two sons: William and Harry. She died in Paris on August 31st, 1997 in the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, from injuries due to a car crash.

Dorian

Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jeane Mortensen was born on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles. She was a singer and an actress. She played in a lot of movies, like The Seven Year Itch, and she sang a lot of songs, for example Do It Again, in 1953. She died on August 5th, 1962 in Los Angeles. Some people say she killed herself, but we don't really know.

Marie-Camille

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Biography of Billy the Kid.

Billy the Kid was  probably born on November 23^rd , 1859 in New-York or in New-Mexico. Billy the Kid's date of birth is unknown.His father's name was unknown. His mother was Catherine McCarty but she wasn't really his mother, she was his aunt. Billy the Kid had a younger brother who was Joseph McCarty but it would seem that he was his half-brother. Billy the Kid grew up in Kansas in 1870 but his mother had a tuberculosis so she migrated in a warm region. The family lived in  New-Mexico in Santa-Fe. His mother died unfortunatelly in Silver City. Billy the Kid took the name of Henry because his father-in-law was also Henry.

 Billy the Kid was a difficult teenager. He was often in the saloons of the border during his youth. He injured a man by bullet and he ran away to take refuge at John Chisum.

 Billy the Kid worked for John H. Tunstall who was killed by Murphy who activated the war of the cattle in the county.To avenge his employer, Billy enlisted in the band opposite to Murphy's band and he killed him. He participated in the war of the cattle of Lincoln's county. In 1878, he began to be known in New-Mexico.

 Billy the Kid had probably lied about his origins to avoid that someone discover his past. He became famous for crimes, thefts of food, murders and the thefts of cattle. He told to have killed 21 men during his life either a man during every year of life.

 On November 27^th , the Kid and his gang were encircled in Greathouse Ranch. Deputy James Carlyle was killed accidentally by one of his men.The Kid was accused of murder. On december 15^th , the governor promised a 500$ reward on the head of the outlaw. On december 23^rd , the sheriff tracked the Kid and his band to Stinking Prings Near Strong Summer. On april 13^th , the Kid was condemned to the hanging by may 13^th .On april 28^th , Billy the Kid escaped from Lincoln's prison .

 Billy the Kid was killed by Garrett by a bullet in the heart in Fort Summer. But Garrett never touched the $500 of reward for lack of proofs on the identity of the corpse. The Kid died on July on 14^th , 1881.

Bastien

BIOGAPHY OF CRAZY HORSE

Crazy Horse was born in1840, near Rapid City in South Dakota.

He had a sister, a brother, and six cousins.

He was a Native American who fought to stay in his land.

His tribe was the Oglala Lakota.

In June1876 he joined the Cheyenne forces in a surprise

attack against General George Crook.

Then he united with Chief Sitting Bull for the Battle ofLittle Big Horn.

Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a military guard, using his bayonet.

He died on September 5, 1877.

He was a symbol for the American people.

Théophile

BIOGRAPHY OF BUFFALO BILL

His real name was William Frederick Cody. He was born on February 26^th 1846 in LeClaire, Iowa. He died on January 10^th 1917 in Denver,Colorado. He was a buffalo

hunter, a soldier in the US Army and managed a theater company. When he was

young, he entered the army during the Indian war because he liked adventure. He

was a scout. In 1872, Buffalo Bill received a Medal of Honor for services to the US

Army. He worked for the Pony Express. He had his nickname because he supplied

the railroad workers of the Kansas Pacific Railway with buffalo meat, and because

he won a duel against Bill Comstock by killing 69 buffalos against 48 in one day.

Between 1882 and 1912, he organized a lot of popular shows as “Buffalo Bill’s Wild

West”, “Indian War Council” or “The Adventures of Buffalo Bill”. His biggest success

was in Paris. His outstanding show with the presence of the true Indians created the

myth of far west in Europe. This show was adapted into movies. Buffalo Bill marked

the spirit of million people by his interpretation of the far west.

Léonard